Huckleberries
Miss Diamond Cup Ruthanna Hawkins (Rauer) kisses Bill Stead, winner of the first Coeur d’Alene hydroplane race.
Photo courtesy of The Coeur d'Alene Press archives
Ruthanna Hawkins (Rauer) waves before a trial run in Bill Stead’s Maverick.
Sixth Street Melodrama members and singer Will Clauson mourn the end of the Union Pacific line.
Honorary Chairman Louise Shadduck and former Gov. Dirk Kempthorne at the library fundraising kickoff.
Future mayor Sandi (Crimp) Bloem (front row, second from left) and Ruthanna (Hawkins) Rauer (top row, far left) at Camp Fire Girls fashion show.
Frank Granier (center) reviews the first issue of the North Idaho Business Journal, with Cheri Andriolo and Ric Clarke
Ruthanna Hawkins Rauer enjoys the memories but downplays her glory days.
A Coeur d’Alene native, the retired Spokane Valley teacher was the first Miss Diamond Cup, a royal who hung out in the pits of the town’s unlimited hydroplane races, bestowed awards — and even a kiss...
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